Juniper - Blue Forest

Looks great when planted above a boulder retaining wall. Blue Forest Juniper, Juniperus sabina 'Blue Forest', is a distinctive groundcover-type evergreen that has very attractive silvery-blue foliage. These plants may also be utilized for background plantings in shrub beds or flower gardens, as specimen plants, in rock gardens or for topiary or espalier purposes. This evergreen shrub has a wide-spreading habit with a somewhat vase shape that grows 4' to 6' tall with a greater spread. Needs full sun, and once established, little maintenance is required. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. It is urban tolerant. It has a medium texture and a slow growth rate. Junipers are important evergreens for landscape use due to their tolerance of unfavorable soil conditions, their hardiness and great variation in size, habit, color and growth rate. It prefers moist, well-drained soil, but very adaptable. The upright growing branches present the "look" of a miniature "blue forest". ... additional info